In the Name of Terrorism : Presidents on Political Violence in the Post-World War II Era.

Intro -- In the Name of Terrorism -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. What's in a Name? -- PRESIDENTIAL DISCOURSE AND TERRORISM -- TERRORISM AND IDEOLOGY -- 2. The Vietnam War and the Communist Terrorists -- LABELING THE THREAT -- THE TERRORIST NARRATIVE IN THE VIETNAM WAR -- TERRORISM AND IDEOLOGY -- 3. The Iranian Hostage Crisis: An American Tragedy -- LABELING THE CAPTORS -- THE NARRATIVE OF THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS -- IDEOLOGY AND THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS -- 4. Origins of Terrorism as an American Ideograph: The Reagan Era -- LABELING THE THREAT -- THE TERRORIST NARRATIVE IN THE REAGAN ERA -- TERRORISM AND IDEOLOGY -- 5. The Persian Gulf Conflict of 1991: The Cold War Narrative in the Post-Cold War Era -- LABELING THE CRISIS -- THE NARRATIVE OF THE 1991 PERSIAN GULF CRISIS -- IDEOLOGY AND PERSIAN GULF TERRORISM -- 6. Terrorism and the Clinton Era: A Prophetic Moment -- LABELING THE THREAT -- CLINTON'S TERRORIST NARRATIVE -- TERRORISM AND IDEOLOGY -- 7. America under Attack: George W. Bush and Noncitizen Actors -- LABELING THE CRISIS -- THE TERRORIST NARRATIVE -- TERRORISM AND IDEOLOGY -- 8. Terrorism and American Culture -- Notes -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- CHAPTER 8 -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Traces the shifts in presidential discourse on terrorism since World War II.

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